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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;otlichnik, post: 5300985, member: 109731&quot;]Interesting story about a very interesting coin.&nbsp; I know nothing about sceatta&#039;s but your brief write up shows how interesting they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am curious, did the small bit of quartz come off with your brushing too?&nbsp; Small rock bits like that are usually bonded fairly strongly to the coin surface and don&#039;t come off even if the dirt does.</p><p><br /></p><p>Attached is not a coin, but a third century Roman phalera from a sword baldric (shoulder belt).&nbsp; It was part of a lot of about 20 small Roman military items that I bought nearly 20 years ago on German Ebay.&nbsp; The mistake was that I thought I put down a bid of 27.50 Euro (assuming no real chance of winning the lot).&nbsp; Turns out I put down a bid of 275.00 Euro.&nbsp; Oops!!!&nbsp; And won for 260 Euro.&nbsp; Oops!!!&nbsp; I took a deep breath and paid.&nbsp; I was lucky to later learn that the 20 items were worth way more than that and I had a good deal.&nbsp; But it [ATTACH=full]1223423[/ATTACH] wasn&#039;t budgeted for at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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